DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attends opening of Maggwayza-Mt. Sanlutchet road section...MEEA to hold Ethnics Culture Festival in Yangon from 25 to 30 Jan...Governor of CBM receives Pyithu Hluttaw Banking and Financial Development Committee head, party...No trade on gold OSSC since September due to high tax rate...Additional statistical bulletin on drug seizures, acting on information...71st Kachin State Daycelebration in Myitkyina to be broadcast lives...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Tuesday 8 January 2019)...Sea turtle released into Sittoung River...Thaphanseik Dam to supply water for summer paddy, other crops...Ministry of Ethnic Affairs Ayayawady Region Director’s Office building opens in Pathein...Cash assistance for families of police killed in action in Buthidaung...Untimely rain leaves onion fields underwater in Seikphyu.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Royal Thai Air Chief Marshal Chaiyapru k Didyasarin...Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin receives Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth Office, UK...Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko attends Myanmar-China Pauk-Phaw friendship ceremony in NyaungU...Private sector imports of capital goods fall by $138 mln...MRF Likely to miss export target of 2.5 mln tons this year: rice depots...Myanmar tea to feature for first time at US food expo .....OPINION: "Honoring fallen policemen who sacrificed their lives for the Union''.....ARTICLES: "Shwe Thway: A milestone in the history of children’s literature in Myanmar'' - By Maung Hlaing Chief Editor (Retd.) Sarpay Beikman